Jammed rear seat on 96 Legacy sedan...

I have a 1996 Subaru Legacy sedan. The rear seats are the pass-through type where both sides fold down, well I accidentally closed one side of the seatback with the seat pull tucked inside and now I can't get the seat to open, since I technically need the little cloth seat pull. Is there a way to pop this open?

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